Improvement in metallic boot and shoe-heels



waited tatet -ALFRED T. PERRINE, 0F LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

Letters Patent No. 103,921, dated Jane 7, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN METALLIC BOOT AND SHOE-HEELS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part cf thesame.

I, ALFRED T. Penman, of Louisville, iu the county of Jefferson andStateof Kentucky, have invented My invention consists in the construction,combination, and arrangement of certain parts which compose a metallicheel for boots and shoes, as will be fully set forth'hereafter.

Description of the Accompanying Drawing..

Figure 1 is a back view of my improved heel, applied to a ladys boot.

Figure 2 is a verticalsection of the same through the line a: x, g; 1. l

Figure 3 is a top view of the shell.

Figure 4 is a front view of the same, taken from the right-hand side oftig. 2.

Figures 5 and 6 are views of the heel-plates or tips.

General Description.

The shell A, which fornisthe heel, is constructed of a single pieceofiheetgtal, struck up into the required shap'byffieansiiof esl and apower-press. Its rim, c, is arranged to enr race and cover the entireedge ofthe sole at the heel, as shown in figs. 1 and2, and its lower rimis finished to tit and form a perfect joint with the heel-plate or tipa.

hold a pad, b, of elastic material, and it is constructed with a ange,d, which fits into a groove in the circumference of the pad, and holdsit in place by virtue of the elastic nature of the latter. These pads bare corrugated upon their under surface, and maybe formed either ofrubber or of any other suitableelastic material. V.

The tips and pads can be removed and changed at pleasure, and a newsurface may be presented at will to that part of the heel subject to thegreatest wear, by turning the plate upon the screw C, as a center, thuspreventing the heel from running over or wearing uuevenly.

This heel, which is an improvement upon the in- 4vention patented to meon the 16th of March, 1869,

No. 88,000, is firmly secured to the boot or shoe by parts formedsimilar to those employed in the above Iinvent-ion. The screw C passesthrough the tip a, and screws into the base-plate B, secured to thesole.

Claims.

,I claim as my invention- 1. The combination with the metallicbase-plate B,

of the heel-shell A, constructed of a single piece of i seamless sheetmetal, the tip-plate a, and. bolt C, all constructed as herein describedand set forth.

2. The combination, with the base-plate B and heel-shell A, of the platea., provided with an inwardly projecting iiange, Land elastic pad b, allconstructed as herein described and set forth.

3. The combination, with a heel-shell constructed of a single seamlesspiece of sheet metal, and the plate a., `provided with aninwardly-projecting flange,

of a grooved elastic pad, all constructed as herein de-

